Info about the Chinese Cash Shop "Level Jumping Potions"

[White_Devil]

I mean I'd only be cool with it if you could only use it after beating the 2.0 story already, similar to how you can only use mounts you buy after getting your company chocobo but its still a stone throw away from P2W, levelling is a pain but regardless, this makes things too easy and sucks the fun out of learning how the job works as you level.

[Tisharu]

This is why Cash Shop for a Subscription game is never a good ideas.

Look at how FFXIV started. First, it was just services like Server Transfer, Name Changed, etc. This is totally fine. Then it's Fantasia Potion, which is also fine. Then it add Emotions, Seasonal Items, Minions, Hairstyle, Dyes, etc. Now it go so bad as Housing Items for Cash.

I wouldn't be surprised soon it will add Exp Boost Potion, and Skip story quest potion....OH BOY! They are really just testing the water how far they can push it!

[Niwashi]

The effect of the progression skipping pack should be to uninstall the game from your system and cancel your account for it. If you want to skip the game, then just skip the game and don't play it any more.

[Savagelf]

Shanda Games is this se or is it a different company. se may make ffxiv but a different company run ffxiv in china.

Shanda Games isn't Square Enix. Square enix may have some control over ip but not much in port to another country.

Shanda Games not run ffxiv run aion as well

and Shanda Games is running the ffxiv in China

[Savagelf]

no i don't want to remove any quest between 2.0-3.0 i enjoy them to much. nor do i think thin them down is need. what does one consider fluffy quest. look I here been since 1.0 all content is enjoyable.

consider wow model for expansion and ffxiv model for expansion ffxiv has best aproach to expansion.

[Yallaid]

so, just to move the conversation somewhere i think would be more interesting: i haven't heard too many creative suggestions for how to avoid this worst case scenario (the one in the OP).

I was just thinking that a lot of the complaints about how long it takes for new players to catch up to friends might be addressed if it were at all possible to quest with a party I remember when I got one of my friends into the game, I still ended up following him around helping out but we had to constantly drop and re-join party and it was overall a huge headache to try and cover the story together.

At least then you can run around fetching crates with your buddies (they should still remove some of the crate-fetching while they're taking a look at these quest lines, however)


any other creative suggestions? I think releasing 4.0 as a standalone expansion could also have some interesting potential.

[Kerii]

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We don't need any creative suggestions. Collectively screaming NO! as loudly as we can on all of the XIV community hubs will get the message across. Also, Heavensward is for the most part a stand alone story. They could pick up any story they like from the point where a realm reborn ended if they care. You just have to buy heavensward to know what came of the events at the end of ARR.

[Teryaani]

any other creative suggestions? I think releasing 4.0 as a standalone expansion could also have some interesting potential.

SE's approach so far (streamlining and upping the experience so you can level on just the abridged MSQ) seems like a pretty fair approach. And they definitely have put in a good number of new player aids which is really nice.

For new things, I like the suggestion you made of being able to help lower level friends with more of the content. Speed buffing and dropping party can be a bit of a pain.

[Savagelf]

I don't see new player scream that they can't catch up to they friends ether. I just two people who are the one that complaining about this.

[ErikMynhier]

You know I was against this when it staryed floating around, but I find the more I think on it, the more reasonable this is.

Part of me wishes it was for vets not new players. Like say you have a PLD to 60, I think it would be reasonable to have an option to raise an alt to the same level. I'm not sure letting new people jump is a good idea, I mean you should have seen some of the groups I have taken through Niddhog this week.

But as I said as a paid option to raise alts, and let them skip the msq you have already done would be nice. IDK, I'm sort of torn on this issue.